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47. Vietnamese SWAT Team Climb Building using Wooden Pole

Reply to Hassin Bin Sober (Original post)

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 04:58 PM

Jan 2018

(The wall is red herring bait for contractors anyway, since ports, airports, tunnels, beaches are main points of entry)

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/the-physics-of-climbing-a-wall-with-a-pole/

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Lol. Fox News says U.S. Special Forces unable to scale Trump's wall [View all] Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 OP

Or they could go to Home Despot and buy an extension ladder. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

So you get a 30' ladder quartz007 Jan 2018 #5

You bring a rope with you, and rappel down the other side. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #8

Foot smugglers are already carrying quartz007 Jan 2018 #15

The threat of having your throat cut and tongue pulled through the slit can be a great motivator Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #19

You work in pairs - one to carry the rope, the other to carry the goods. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #21

Why bother? jmowreader Jan 2018 #26

That might work for drugs, but it's hard on immigrants. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #36

There are MUCH easier ways to ship immigrants jmowreader Jan 2018 #65

Yap, drug smugglers are never poor quartz007 Jan 2018 #62

That's fair enough. That's how challenges are won Wwcd Jan 2018 #27

Would get high ratings quartz007 Jan 2018 #63

like this? Baclava Jan 2018 #33

Such bullshit. Special forces can get over a 30' wall or they wouldn't be in the unit. brush Jan 2018 #57

Trump should ask Putin--I'm sure Russian Special Forces could climb over them. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #39

Or go rent a back hoe and start digging a tunnel! Initech Jan 2018 #40

That claim literally screams "challenge". DetlefK Jan 2018 #2

tRump's monoliths should be turned into a historic park, reflecting this weird time in our nation's ffr Jan 2018 #3

Or make drive-in movies out of them. Chipper Chat Jan 2018 #14

Let's Ask Quora Wwcd Jan 2018 #4

Smuggler's tools quartz007 Jan 2018 #9

I like the catapult idea talked about earlier. Wwcd Jan 2018 #22

Aw, What's A Few G Forces ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #43

LOL..some creatvie minds could solve that problem however Wwcd Jan 2018 #50

You know a lot about smugglers. mac56 Jan 2018 #24

It's fun to pretend we know. Paris once believed the Maginot Line would prevent war. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #35

I couldn't watch a full minute of that video. Chiyo-chichi Jan 2018 #6

Hard to climb an imaginary wall n/t spinbaby Jan 2018 #7

Tunnels work quite well Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #10

100% correct quartz007 Jan 2018 #18

Well, it does say there are motion detectors 6 feet deep jmowreader Jan 2018 #28

how deep was El Chapo's tunnel? 0rganism Jan 2018 #64

According to CNN, it was very deep jmowreader Jan 2018 #66

iirc the tunnel had flourescent lighting and a railcart 0rganism Jan 2018 #68

Haahaaaa..TRUMP'S WALL BUILT BY 180LA FOR 360FLY PARODY VIDEO Wwcd Jan 2018 #11

This Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #16

Lol. That was a quick shot of Hillary & Bernie helping them climb out of the tunnel. Wwcd Jan 2018 #31

Oh, what's wrong "tv networks"? Doncha Cha Jan 2018 #55

A few pounds of explosives and - boom - hole in the wall packman Jan 2018 #12

Ha. Well that would take care of the Wall.. Wwcd Jan 2018 #51

wall to keep the Americans in mshasta Jan 2018 #13

Look at it as supporting the Arts (a huge expensive blank canvas for graffiti artists) Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #17

A whole bunch of murals depicting Trump getting porked by Putin as he wears a ball gag. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #45

Or they could fly over it in a commercial jetliner and overstay their visa. Aristus Jan 2018 #20

Hey now, don't go picking on my Irish bartender friends. They are Saints! Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #48

I'm not picking on any immigrants. Aristus Jan 2018 #49

They need to get Army Rangers who breached Point du Hoc in World II. gordianot Jan 2018 #23

Under over around C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #25

A thousand years ago Medieval armies routinely broached fortified castle walls. procon Jan 2018 #29

Special Forces probably want to be all stealthy and stuff matt819 Jan 2018 #30

Why would they want to advertise their techniques? TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #42

Something there is that doesn't love a wall. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #32

So funny, and the responses are even better. SharonClark Jan 2018 #34

Special Forces Sergeant Major: "Ok, you meat-heads, ..." JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #37

What about through the wall? Generic Brad Jan 2018 #38

Tunnel ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #44

A dome would be more effective than a wall! Initech Jan 2018 #41

why do we have special forces trying to scale a fake fence for 'weeks' .....fucked up spanone Jan 2018 #46

Vietnamese SWAT Team Climb Building using Wooden Pole greyl Jan 2018 #47

The cartels already have lit tunnels with AC under the border....and submarines. Thomas Hurt Jan 2018 #52

The Germans couldn't cross the Maginot line to get into France either, so they Sophia4 Jan 2018 #53

How much weight can a drone carry? nolabear Jan 2018 #54

I've said let some Mexicans try. rickford66 Jan 2018 #56

So how does this stop the majority who overstay their visa? itsrobert Jan 2018 #58

That wall would be the biggest monument to the dumbing down of America. wasupaloopa Jan 2018 #59

Once upon a time I patrolled the American sector of the Berlin Wall. kairos12 Jan 2018 #60

I'm not sure if I want to vomit or cry. Its been years since I've Luz Jan 2018 #61

When I was living in Utah FormerOstrich Jan 2018 #67